Thursday, September 06, 2007
Bush, China's Hu tackle thorny issues - CNN.com
Although Bush hinted to reporters on Wednesday that he might bring it up, neither Hu nor the president said the recent cyber attack on the Pentagon was discussed Thursday.
The United States has not officially accused Beijing of hacking into the military e-mail system that serves Defense Secretary Robert Gates and hundreds of other department employees, but behind the scenes a senior Bush administration official told CNN that China is the No. 1 suspect in the June hacking incident.
On Monday, the Financial Times of London also reported that Washington believed China was responsible. Meanwhile the Chinese government dismisses such allegations as "groundless."
I kind of wished he had brought it up. There's no doubt in my mind that China's gearing up for a potential fight over Taiwan. They've been attempting to gain access to our military technology for years and it's simply idiotic not to call them to the carpet and let them know we know about it and our responses to it might be swift and severe if they continue.
In addition to discussing the delicate North Korean nuclear issue and the violence in the Sudanese region of Darfur, Bush said Hu was "quite articulate" about the contentious issue of product safety, given the string of recalls on defective Chinese-made products -- which have spanned from tainted food to hazardous toys.
Hu said he has a desire "to work for further development and the growth and business ties of our countries through dialogue and consultations."
How about you let the Chinese deal with a lot of "help us" kinds of missions around the world that only the US gets looked at with dealing with?
How about we talk about the trade deficit and China's continued artificially lowering of their currency? How about you talk about the illegal tax breaks China gives to it's businesses in order for them to compete on the world stage?
You can't have a meeting with a world leader if you don't talk about your major problems with one another and how to solve them. Otherwise it's just a photo op that no one cares about.
Travis
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